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Added: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:00:00 UTC

Thanks to David for the link.

http://atheistmedia.blogspot.com/2008/09/debate-would-we-be-better-off-without.html

Debate: Would We Be Better Off Without Religion?

August 19, 2008
St James Ethics Centre - Sydney, Australia
For the motion: Lyn Allison, Richard Ackland, and Vic Stenger
Against the motion: Ian Plimer, Suzanne Rutland, and John Lennox

While the world's religions have inspired stunning acts of creation, they also have been implicated in some of the darkest deeds in human history.

If God cannot be blamed for such moments of evil, His priests and prophets at least have a case to answer.

So what might they say? That religion is unfairly blamed -- and that we should look to other factors? Admit that there are problems but argue that on balance the good outweighs the bad? That there is no alternative; that people need religion like they need air?

TAGGED: RELIGION, SPEECHES